Mysterious noise problem solved

[themosquitoking]

Didn't post a thread asking for help about my problem because i fixed it. Just wanted to add to the general cycle chat knowledge base for future searchers.
Had a small clicking whenever i got out of the saddle which i assumed was somehow pedal/cleat related as it was happening at the same point on every pedal rotation. Turns out it was a loose headset and it was me pulling on the handlebars causing the noise. Does this count as a mechanical though? @Nomadski would probably like to know.

 

[Banjo]

Nice one .Noises are difficult to pinpoint sometimes.Good to hear you had a success.

 

[rusty bearing]

More common than you'd think, a dab of grease on the threads helps too.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Nice one .Noises are difficult to pinpoint sometimes.Good to hear you had a success.

I practically stripped and rebuilt a bike once looking for a rattle, it turned out to be my metal watch strap rattling against the handlebar, I once had a creak on a bike that sounded like a BB problem, it turned out to be the brake lever clamp bolt, it just needed tightening half a turn. Well done to the op for getting it sorted .

 

[ColinJ]

I heard a funny chinking sound which I thought was coming from the front of my bike. I eventually discovered that it was my medical dog tag swinging against the inside of the zip of my jersey.

 

[heist]

Didn't post a thread asking for help about my problem because i fixed it. Just wanted to add to the general cycle chat knowledge base for future searchers.
Had a small clicking whenever i got out of the saddle which i assumed was somehow pedal/cleat related as it was happening at the same point on every pedal rotation. Turns out it was a loose headset and it was me pulling on the handlebars causing the noise. Does this count as a mechanical though? @Nomadski would probably like to know.

Literally just had the same problem, tried loads of things before I found the solution.

 

[Tynan]

had a chat with an older rider at the lights once, he had had a funny intermittent noise, stripped the BB, pedals, headset, hubs, no change

it turned out to be his knee

 

[themosquitoking]

How long were those lights on red for you to get to know each other that well?

 

[Tynan]

That London, you can grow old and die at some of them, and I suspect we might have started the conversation on the approach to the junction.